Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics. Yitzhak Navon More Quotes by Yitzhak Navon More Quotes From Yitzhak Navon The very point of Labor's Zionist program is to have as much land as possible and as few Arabs as possible! Yitzhak Navon programisraelland It's not that I don't have opinions, rather that I'm paid not to think aloud. Yitzhak Navon paidopinionthinking If the angel Gabriel came to me and said, 'Look, I'm willing to take your soul now and give it back to you at any period of time in the history of the nation of Israel, from the very beginning to this very day' - I think I would not think of any other time except for when Moses brought down the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai. Yitzhak Navon daymetimehistory There are Jews who came from 102 countries and speak 81 languages - how do you consolidate them into one nation? This is where I saw my role. Yitzhak Navon nationhowyouspeak 6,000 people were killed, crippled, and wounded during the War of Independence. The economy was devastated - there was no milk, just milk powder. No eggs, but egg powder. Meat was only once a week. Yitzhak Navon eggindependencewarpeople The State of Israel is a state that was formed before the people were even in it. You have to understand: In India, in Burma, in Pakistan - all of the people were already there. Their problem was for the English to leave so they could be independent. Yitzhak Navon understandyouproblempeople I grew up in Jerusalem and went to school here. I studied at the Hebrew University - mostly Islam and Arabic: Arab literature, Arab poetry and culture, because I felt like we are living in this region, in the Middle East, and we are not alone: There are nations here whose culture is Arab. Yitzhak Navon alonepoetrycultureschool There is no other language as similar to Hebrew like Arabic. Yitzhak Navon arabicotherlikelanguage Once, there was a time in Jerusalem of brotherhood and peace: cultures and languages lived side by side and not one at the expense of the other. Yitzhak Navon sidebrotherhoodtimepeace One way or another, Gaza's residents must live in peace with Israel. Yitzhak Navon liveisraelpeaceway
